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Unread 12-28-2010, 01:07 PM   #1
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Their is a gun for sale on GB that immediately intrigued me, a 36" 10 gauge #3frame D3 DH that would make a dandy bookend to my 36" 8 gauge D3 DH...BUTthe muzzle photos looked a bit suspect...check THE BOOK, it seems that this gun started life as the only listed 38" 10 gauge D3 DH...now that was a gun..I guess Ill just hold on to my 36" D2 GH, no upgrade today...gun collecting like baseball is a "game of inches"
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Unread 12-28-2010, 01:57 PM   #2
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Too bad Don! What an acquisition THAT would have been! I feel your pain...

Found it. That's the S/N. Here's the GB auction # if anyone wants to look at it.

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Unread 12-28-2010, 04:02 PM   #3
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still a good find even wih the short 36 inch barrels...i wouldown this gun if my pocket book was bigger..... charlie
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What are the chances the Serialization book is wrong about the original barrel length? I to thought the muzzles were suspect but I find it hard to be 100% certain when judging from pictures rather than a gun in the hand. If they have been cut it is a crying shame.
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Unread 12-28-2010, 05:11 PM   #5
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Ya, If the book is right it's a real shame. But if the price is right it would be one hell-of-a gun. Those muzzles are suspect but we have seen guns leave the factory clipped to fill an order.Trouble is I just don't know....
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You just have to have the gun in hand. However, a factory letter may prove that the order book specifies a 36" gun and maybe the stock book was misread when the serialization book was put together. More pictures, more use of the micrometer, PGCA letter.
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Don, what's the serial #.
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Mark, It's at the top of the thread 169257
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Don, what's the serial #.
The order book has 10/38. The stock book is missing. I have seen cases were the length of barrels does not match the order and the shipping time is a few days after the order. This would indicate to me that they filled the order with a gun in stock. This gun took 6 months to ship so I supect it was 38 inches when it left PB.

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Thanks for getting into this, Mark. The fellow doesn't seem to want to deal in PGCA letters. I asked for a scan of the letter on the 14 gauge and that I was very interested. He replied "There is no letter.".
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